TURNING WHITE.
Staff-surgeon Parry, while serving in India daring the Mutiny, saw a strange sight. Among the prisoners taken in a skirmish atChamda was a Sepoy of the Bengal army. He was brought before the authorities aud put to the question. Fnlly alive to hia position, the Bengalee stood almost stupefied with fear, trembling greatly, with horror and despair plainly depicted on his countenance. While the examination was proceeding the bystanders were startled by the sergeant in charge of the prisoner exclaiming “ He is turning grey.” All eyes were turned on the unfortunate man, watching with wondering interest the change coming upon hia splendid glossy, jet-black locks. In half-an-hour they were of a uniform grey’-b hue. An American girl received the first intimation of her lover’s falsity by reading an account of h>s marriage in a newspaper. After a night of wakeful suffering, her looking-glass showed her that one side of her head was still adorned with tresses of golden brown. The locks on the other side were grey.
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Western Star, Issue 2152, 30 October 1897, Page 6
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169TURNING WHITE. Western Star, Issue 2152, 30 October 1897, Page 6
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